To af de bedste hold i USA skifter ud i deres holdopstillinger. Cloud9's Spencer "Hiko" Martin forlader holdet, og i stedet hives Shahzeb "ShahZam" Khan ind fra et andet amerikanske hold, Denial. Til at fylde tomrummet ud i Denial kommer Eric "adreN" Hoag ind fra sidelinjen.

Det betyder, at Spencer "Hiko" Martin nu står uden et hold.

I am sad to announce that I will no longer be a part of the Cloud9 Counter-Strike team. This decision has been one of the hardest in my entire life. I am grateful from the bottom of my heart the amount of support and belief that not only the fans have given us, but that Cloud9 had in us as a team. Over the last two years the team has seen great ups and downs and have accomplished a lot more than anyone thought we would, maybe even ourselves at times.

Derfor har Cloud9, som sammen med iBUYPOWER betragtes som et af de bedste hold på amerikansk jord, besluttet at hente Shahzeb "ShahZam" Khan fra Denial.

Cloud9's nye holdkort:

  • Jordan "n0thing" Gilbert
  • Sean "sgares" Gares
  • Shahzeb "ShahZam" Khan
  • Mike "shroud" Grzesiek
  • Kory "semphis" Friesen

Beslutningen fra Shahzeb "ShahZam" Khan, om at spille for Cloud9, har fået Denial til at hente den tidligere iBUYPOWER spiller Eric "adreN" Hoag tilbage fra sin pause. Det bekræfter han selv på Twitter.

Playing with @DenialEsports now! #csgo

— Eric Hoag (@hoagsta) 15. december 2014

Denials nye holdkort:

  • Todd "anger" Williams
  • Jacob "FugLy" Medina
  • Eric "adreN" Hoag
  • Keith "NAF-FLY" Markovic
  • Damien "daps" Steele

Selvom Denial allerede har fundet en erstatning, ærgrer Damien "daps" Steele sig alligevel over, at have mistet en spiller.

It is unfortunate that another one of our players has been taken by Cloud9 and iBP once we have some form of success or progression (with the first time being nitr0). However, I am confident that we will be just as good if not better with adreN on our team.

Det er uvist, hvor Spencer "Hiko" Martin skal fortsætte sin karriere. En ting er dog sikker, fastslår han selv på Twitter: Karrieren er ikke slut.